Improved anchor for animals



Cihttrd mes P. H. RAiFoRD, or'HoUs'roN, TEXAS.

Leners Patent No. 91,042, dazed .rime s, 1869.

IMIPIROVIFJDL ANCHOR FOR ANIMALS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the sax-ne.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known th'at I,'P. H. RAIFonn, of Houston,l

Harris county,-'.lexas, have invented a new and improved Anchor for Animals; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exacJ description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side View of my improved anchor.

Bigure 2 is a top view of the same, partly in section, through the line x x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an im# proved device for use in staking out horses and other animals to graze, which shall be so constructed and arranged that it will be impossible for the animal to twist or wind up the rope while grazing; and

l It consists in the combination of the pivoted and swivelled loops with the pin, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the pin, which is made with four wings, or radial longitudinal anges, tapering to a point at its lower end, so that it may be readily forced into the ground, and easily drawn out, but wil) resist a very strong vside-draught.

For securing gentle animals, the pin A may be made as a simple pin, and without the anges a.

Upon the upper end of the pin A, is formed a surface-plate, a2, which rests upon the suf-ace of the ground, and prevents the pin from being driven in too far. v v

Upon the upper side of the surface-plate a2, is formed a. pin, or knob, a?, about the neck of which is placed the loop B, in such a way that it may turn freelyabout the said pin in a horizontal direction, and, at the same time, cannot be drawn from the said pin, or knob a3. This may be accomplished by making the loop B open, and securing it by a screw when ypassed around the neckofthe said pin, or knob; or the same thingmay be accomplished by making the loop close, and of such a size as to slip over the end of the said pin, or knob a, the said loop B being secured from being drawn off by spring-catches 'attached to the upper end of `said knob or pin.

To the outer end,`or stem of the loop B is lswivelled the loop C, to which the rope is to be attached. By this construction, it will be impossible for the animal, when grazing, to wind up the rope by passing around the pin, or to twist the rope by stepping over it.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the swivelled lloopv C and pivoted loop B with each other, and withthe pin A, or its equivalent, substantially as herein shown and ldescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved anchor for animals, formed by the cpmbnation of the pin A a* a2 a3, pivoted loop B, and swivelled loop C, with each other, substantially Aas herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 6th day of January, 1869.

P. H. RAIFORD.

p Witnesses:

J. W. MGCONAUGHEY, T. MCRAE. 

